Goa to host Indian Maritime Conclave from October 3 to 5

The event is likely to be attended by chiefs of navies and their representatives from Indian Ocean littoral countries.

India, Japan, US navies to conduct wargames

The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral one between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean.

The share of the Indian Navy in the overall defence budget has come down from 18 per cent in 2012-13 to 13.66 per cent.

P-8I can fly for very long hours giving it the capability to track down ships at a large distance in the ocean.

During the event in Port Blair, professional exchanges, sports fixtures, and cross deck familiarisation visits would be organised.

Chinese warships include three vessels of its counter-piracy escort task force which would exchange positions in the Gulf of Aden.

The first batch is set to start training from December and by 2021, the first batch of women soldiers will be commissioned.

The forces have been pushing for allocation of funds so that they are well prepared to deal with possibility of 'two-front' war.

The joint drills will see wide-ranging naval exercises between the navies of India and Sri Lanka, including helicopter operations.

JeM had orchestrated the Pulwama terror attack in which 42 CRPF jawans were killed in February this year.